I have not made doors with mine yet but I have made a few beds with it, some for me and some for my kids, and tables and chairs. Any sort of slot you need is quickly and easily cut. My point is just that it is a quite versatile machine that is a joy to have. I cut it 70mm deep which is more than sufficient but not hugely over deep. The mortise is about 2 inches long so I had overlapping cuts in both directions. Just yesterday I used a 10mm cutter to cut a 1/2 inch mortise to start the inletting of an airgun action into a block of wood that will eventually be a stock for the gun. The DF700 works great to cut slot mortises that overlap either in length or width. I also make my own tenons, often much wider than normal domino tenons. I use Amana or CMT cutters to save a bit. I have one and have the seneca adapter so I can use the smaller cutters the DF500 uses. I think the doors are an excellent excuse to get the bigger domino. To keep it simple, use a plunge router and finish out the lock mortises with a drill and chisels, or use cylinder locks. Face it, there is no cheap, accurate, efficient solution for what you propose to do. For production work, get a swing chisel machine like the MAKA. I use a stationary slot mortiser and I cut lock mortises prior to assembling the door frame. Mafell makes a nice chain mortiser but you don't want to know what that costs. The PC lock mortiser is a bit cumbersome as a general purpose mortiser and I would not want to rely on it for plunging perfectly parallel to the door faces. Again, thanks for your help and advice.In that case the Domino 700 is a good choice, though it may not go quite deep enough depending on the specific hardware. For example for a 4 panel door there will be at least 6 mortises required for the rail and stile construction. My thought is to use whatever tool is required not just for the lock mortise but for all of the mortise and tenon construction on each door. I may have to clear up my intention and use. As an aside my son has experienced real temperature of -15 degrees in Maine this winter thus the search for ways to insulate an exterior door. Your comments/advice will be appreciated. I apologize for this long winded description of what I want to accomplish. ![]() I imagine some may direct me to the Festool Domino but at roughly $1600. One issue if it is in fact the proper tool is where I may find a used one for sale. I would appreciate any education on anyone who has used a router driven lock mortiser. While looking for ideas on YouTube on methods to accomplish this I came across a Porter Cable Lock Mortiser which seems to be an efficient way to accomplish this. Currently, I have a bench mortiser but I do not think this will be a reasonably efficient tool for approximately 3" deep in mortises in White Oak. The previous door that I made I used a plunge router for the mortises. ![]() Others will be interior 4 panel replacement doors for an olde,r first home my daughter recently purchased. One will be an exterior door (which I hope to find a way for some minimal insulation) for my son who is building a tiny house in the Maine Woods.
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